圖書館將於3月16日(週六)下午2:30舉辦新書簽發會。《客家烹飪: 來自世界各地的中國靈魂食物》的作者劉玉珍將分享她如何透過食物，尋回自己客家身份的旅程。歡迎來探索中國散居族群 - 客家不為人知的菜餚。劉玉珍曾於Sunset Magazine擔任美食作家和食譜編輯34年，創作並測試過成千上萬個食譜。她的作品也曾於Cooking Light, Yoga Journal, 和Flavor & Fortune雜誌刊登。此項目將以英語進行，不設翻譯 。會後將有新書簽售 。
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客家烹飪: 來自世界各地的中國靈魂食物
圖書館將於3月16日(週六)下午2:30舉辦新書簽發會。《客家烹飪: 來自世界各地的中國靈魂食物》的作者劉玉珍將分享她如何透過食物，尋回自己客家身份的旅程。歡迎來探索中國散居族群 - 客家不為人知的菜餚。劉玉珍曾於Sunset Magazine擔任美食作家和食譜編輯34年，創作並測試過成千上萬個食譜。她的作品也曾於Cooking Light, Yoga Journal, 和Flavor & Fortune雜誌刊登。此項目將以英語進行，不設翻譯 。會後將有新書簽售 。
The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food from around the World
Join us to discover the unknown cuisine of the Chinese nomads, known as the Hakka on Saturday, March 16th from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. Linda Lau Anusasananan, author of The Hakka Cookbook, Chinese Soul Food from around the World, will talk about her journey to find her Hakka identity through food. Linda, who formerly worked as a food writer and recipe editor for 34 years at Sunset Magazine, created and tested thousands of recipes. Her work has also appeared in Cooking Light, Yoga Journal, and Flavor and Fortune. This program will be conducted in English. A book sale and signing will follow the program.
《早餐午餐晚餐》：作者新書座談會
請來參加本地獲獎詩人和作家Nellie Wong的新書座談會，她將為讀者介紹她的第四本詩《早餐午餐晚餐》。她充滿活力的詩作見證了她令人難以置信的經歷—從她父母移民經天使島來美，到第二次世界大戰，民權運動，乃至各地為團結而奮鬥等等。
Nellie Wong的詩作石刻在舊金山的Market街和Embarcadero大道上。最近，她的母校東灣奧克蘭高中的一幢新樓也以她的名字命名。
此座談會附作者新書簽售。此活動將以英語進行。
2012年11月17日 (週六)
下午2:30至4時
華埠/麥禮謙圖書館
一樓會議室
跑華街 1135號 (近Jackson 街)
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Please join award-winning local poet and author Nellie Wong as she reads from Breakfast Lunch Dinner, her fourth book of poetry. Her vibrant poetry bears witness to the incredible times through which she lived—from the immigration of her parents via Angel Island, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and the struggle for solidarity everywhere. Nellie Wong’s poetry in stone engravings graces upper Market Street and the Embarcadero Roadway in San Francisco. Recently, a new building on the campus of Oakland High School, her alma mater, was named after her.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. This author event will be in English only.
Date: Saturday, November 17th
Time: 2:30-4:00pm
Location: Chinatown Branch Library at 1135 Powell St. (Between Washington and Jackson st.)
Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California
Women of Distinction for Humanitarianism winner Nona Mock Wyman will discuss her latest book Bamboo Women: Stories from Ming Quong, a Chinese Orphanage in California on Saturday, July 28 from 3:00-4:30 pm. In 1935, at the age of two, Nona was abandoned at the Ming Quong orphanage in Los Gatos, California. Nona will share stories of coming-of-age from the women of Ming Quong and how their bonds of love and friendship carried them through life’s challenges. This program will be conducted in English.The Woman Who Could Not Forget: Iris Chang Before and Beyond the Rape of Nanking, A Memoir on Saturday, September 24, 2:30-4pm
A moving, illuminating memoir about the life of world-famous author and historian, Iris Chang, as told by her mother, Ying Ying Chang.
Iris Chang's best-selling book The Rape of Nanking forever changed the way we view the Second World War in Asia. Her mother, Ying-Ying Chang, provides an enlightened and nuanced look at her daughter, from Iris' home-made childhood newspaper, to her early years as a journalist, and later, as a promising young historian, her struggles with her son's autism and her tragic suicide. The Woman Who Could Not Forget cements Iris' legacy as one of the most extraordinary minds of her generation and reveals the depth and beauty of the bond between a mother and daughter.A book sale and signing will follow this program. Presentation will be conducted in English and Mandarin.
Author Reading: Old Chinatown—Revisited on Saturday, September 17, 2:30-4pm
Please join us as San Francisco Chinatown native Lyle Jan talks about and reads from his new book Old Chinatown—Revisited: Memoirs of Old San Francisco Chinatown, CIRCA: 1931-1951. This sequel to the author’s first book China 2227—Long, Long Ago is based on true events and tell about the life and times of the laboring class of Chinese immigrants and their descendents who lived in Chinatown over half a century ago. A book sale and signing will follow the program. Level Up - A graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham, author talk & reading on Saturday, July 9, 2:30-4pm
Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and other graphic novels, and comic book artist Thien Pham will talk about their new graphic novel, Level Up, a magical-realist tale of Asian-American parental pressure and video-game escape.This program will be in English. Book sale and signing follows the program.
See a preview of the book on Gene Luen Yang's website: http://geneyang.com/level-up
Author Reading: My Mom is a Fob - Earnest Advice in Broken English from Your Asian-American Mother, Saturday, May 14, 2:30-4pm
Bay Area native Serena Wu will talk about and read from her book My Mom is a Fob: Earnest Advice in Broken English from Your Asian-American Mom. Through texts, emails, phone calls and more, My Mom is a Fob showcases the stories of a community of Asian-American kids who know exactly what it's like to be on the receiving end of that amazing, unconditional, and sometimes misspelled love.
This program is part of our Asian Pacific American Heritage Month programming. Other Asian Pacific American Heritage Month programs at Chinatown Branch:
- Asian Art Museum docent talk on Chinese jade on Saturday, May 28, 2:30-4pm
"East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres" - An author event with Andrew Lam on Saturday, April 9, 2:30-4pm
Andrew Lam will talk about and read from his essay collection East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. Part memoir, part meditation and part cultural anthropology, these essays explore the Vietnamese Diaspora and how East and West are changing each other. From cuisine to self-esteem, Lam shines new light on the bridges and crossroads where two hemispheres meld into one 
worldwide "immigrant nation" and the cultural gaps that remain.This program will be in English only. Book signing follows the program.
In the Lap of the Gods - A book talk by author Li Miao Lovett on Saturday, March 19, 2:30-4pm
Bay Area author Li Miao Lovett will talk about and read from her novel In the Lap of the Gods. As the massive Three Gorges Dam rises, a villager reduced to scavenging saves an abandoned baby girl as his world disappears beneath the waters. In the Lap of the Gods reveals the dark side of modern China through the human costs of the Three Gorges Dam – a contemporary story in which the past is erased in the name of progress.
This program will be in English with a question period in English and Chinese. A book sale and signing will follow the program.
Listen to Li Miao Lovett talking about her book on this podcast from New American Media (scroll down past the article on healthcare for the link to the mp3)
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food - An author event with Jennifer 8. Lee on Saturday, February 19, 2:30-4pm
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles is our On the Same Page book club selection for January and February.
This program will be in English only. Book signing will follow the program.
Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants - Author event on Saturday, January 22, 2:30-4pm
Join us when author John Jung discusses his book Sweet and Sour - a social history of Chinese family restaurants. Bay Area poet Nellie Wong will perform some of her poems based on her experiences growing up in an Oakland Chinese family restaurant.
This program will be in English only. Book signing follows the program.
This program is part of a series of programs related to the San Francisco Eats exhibit. Another program in this series will be an author event with Jennifer 8. Lee who will talk about her book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles on February 19.
"Quiet As They Come" - A Book Talk by Author Angie Chau, Saturday, November 13, 2:30pm
Join us for a book talk with author Angie Chau. She will talk about and read from her short story collection Quiet As They Come which chronicles the lives of an extended Vietnamese boat family newly arrived in California. Set in San Francisco from the 1980s to the present day, it is a beautiful and at time brutal portrait of a people caught between two cultures.This program will be in English only. Book signing follows the program.
Author book talk "Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America" on Saturday, October 2, 2:30-4pm
Historian and author Judy Young will talk about her latest book Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. Drawing on rich immigration histories and stunning photographs, Judy Young will compare the experiences of Chinese immigrants to that of other ethnic groups detained on Angel Island, including the Japanese, Koreans, Asian Indians, Russians and Jews. This fascinating history of Angel Island offers new insight into America's complicated relationship to immigration, a story that continues today. 
Judy Yung is the daughter of Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. She is Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940 and Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco.Bilingual program, English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). A book sale and signing follows this event.
Marry a Gold Mountain Man - A book talk with author Wu Keping on Saturday, November 25, 2:30-4pm
Local author Wu Keping's novel Marry a Gold Mountain Man tells the story of three generations of a Taishanese family both in China and in the United States. It's the second novel in the Gold Mountain series that reflects the history of Taishan immigrants in America.A book sale and signing follows the event. This event will be in Chinese.
Author Reading "Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History" - Saturday, September 11, 2:30pm
Join local writer and activist Canyon Sam as she reads from her book Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History. She boards the controversial "Sky Train" from Beijing to Tibet and crosses the Himalayas in search of women from her oral history project decades previous in a groundbreaking memoir which explores the untold stories of Tibetan women and their critical role in Tibetan history. Foreword by the Dalai Lama.A book sale and signing follows this event.
Read the review on Canyon Sam's book in the San Francisco Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/22/RVOI19TM1G.DTL
Canyon Sam will also read at the Bernal Heights Branch Library on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 6:30pm.
Reading by Kelli Stanley, author of City of Dragons, Saturday, August 28, 2:30-4pm
Mystery writer Kelli Stanley will read from her new noir-thriller City of Dragons. Set in San Francisco in 1940, female private investigator Miranda Corbie stumbles upon the body of a fatally-shot young man in Chinatown. The Chamber of Commerce wants the murder covered up. The cops acquiesce. All Miranda wants is justice - whatever it costs.A book sale and signing follows this event.
Hello "Kitty Must Die" - a book talk by author Angela S. Choi, August 21, 2:30-4pm
Angela Choi will discuss and read from her debut novel Hello Kitty Must Die, a work that rips into the stereotype of “Hello Kitties,” the well-groomed, well-behaved Asian wife. Instead of pursuing this path, Choi’s heroine finds herself on an adventure with a serial killer who is only too happy to teach her how to get rid of unwanted fiances and bosses.Book signing follows the program.
This program will be in English only.
Author Reading "Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival" - Saturday, May 15, 2:30-4pm
Author Dean King will read from his new book Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival. This book tells the story of 30 courageous women who walked 4,000 miles across China with Mao Zedong, in 1934. A book sale and signing follows this event.This event will be in English only.
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